Michael David Lukas (born March 30, 1979) is an American author best known for his internationally bestselling novel, The Oracle of Stamboul, published by HarperCollins and translated into over a dozen languages. Michael's second novel, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo, was published by Random House in 2018 and received the Sami Rohr Prize as well as the National Jewish Book Award. He teaches at San Francisco State University.
His writing has been published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Santa Maddalena Foundation, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Lukas has taught creative writing at 826 Valencia, The Writers' Studio at Stanford University, and the University of the Pacific.
Personal life and education
Lukas was born in 1979 in Berkeley, California, where he grew up with his four younger siblings.
Moving East to attend Brown University, Lukas studied comparative literature and then received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the creative writing program at the University of Maryland.
He currently lives in Oakland with his wife Haley and daughters Mona and Amira.
Bibliography + Works Title Year First Published When the News and the Novel Collide 2013 The New York Times A Multiplicity of Voices 2013 The Millions Fear and Loving in Cairo 2012The Wall Street Journal Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile 2012 The Wall Street Journal How Should A person Be 2012 SFGate The Queen Of America 2011 SFGate The Arrogant Years 2011 SFGate Sympathy For The Pharaoh 2011SlateLessons From Third Grade2011Publishers WeeklyThe Evolution of Bruno Littlemore2011San Francisco ChronicleWorkshopping War Literature2010Virginia Quarterly ReviewFriendly Fire2009Virginia Quarterly ReviewGolems, Novelists, and Other Superheroes2009TikkunHow to Win a Cosmic War2009Virginia Quarterly ReviewDestiny Disrupted2009San Francisco ChronicleA Skeptic’s Guide to Passover2009SlatePassover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations2009All Things ConsideredWe Can Have Peace in the Holy Land2009San Francisco ChronicleMitzvah Mobile2008SlateAl’ America2008San Francisco ChronicleQuestion and Answer Men2003Brown Alumni MagazineFrom A to X2008San Francisco ChronicleFinding Nouf2008San Francisco ChronicleMirror of the Arab World2008San Francisco ChronicleThe Uncertain Hour2007San Francisco ChronicleForget The Quran2006SlateCulinary Orientalism2007The New York Times MagazineTortilla Dreams2006Diablo MagazineIsrael Vibration2005Washington City PaperTourist Class2005Washington City PaperThe Commercial Campus2003Providence PhoenixMy Summer Job2003Brown Alumni MagazineMy Daddy's War StoryIn Posse ReviewFor True Bookies, a Wealth of Riches2002The Boston GlobeA Writer’s Life2002Brown Alumni Magazine
Awards 2018: National Jewish Book Award for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo 2019: ALA's Sophie Brody Medal for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo 2019: Sami Rohr Prize for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo
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